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T. J. HART.

COMBINED INJEGTOR AND EJBGTOR.-

Patented Mar, 24, 1885.

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rIHOMAS J. HART, OF DETROIT, IrIIOHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES JENKS, OFSAME PLAGE.

COMBINED INJECTOR AND EJECTOR.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. S14-,446, dated March24, 1885.

Appicntion tiled June 4, F84. (No tmdel.)

To @ZZ LU/"tom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Trroitrns J. l-Linr, of Detroit, in the county oflVayne and State oi' Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Combined Injector and Ejector; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part .of thisspecification.

1o This invention relates to certain new and useful improvement-s inthat class of injectors which combine in one instrument an injector orlifting mechanism and an ejector or forcing mechanism, the formeradapted to raise Water from a lower level and deliver the water thusraised to the latter, which is adapted to force such Water into theboiler against the steampressure therein.

For the practical operation in producing 2o the best results of suchimplements it is essential that avalve should be employed adapted, asmanipulated, to cut olf steam from or admit it to the forcing` portionof the device. It is also necessary that an overiiow or water passage,also furnished with a valve, be provided, by means of which air andsurplus water may be discharged to the atmosphere, and, in the startingot" such an implement, it is necessary that the valve controlling` theadmission of steam to the forcing mechanism be closed, While the valvecontrolling the overflow should be open, and after the air is expelledfrom the implement and the lifting mechanism has filled the chamber orchambers 3 5 of the forcing mechanism that the steam-valve be opened andthe overflow-valve closed. rIhis has heretofore been done by providingboth such valves with stems projecting through the Walls of theimplement, each of said stems lo having a proper handle, by means ofwhich they can be separately operated; and it is the object of myinvention to so connect the stems of said valves together' in such amanner that the position of one will always govern the position of theother by one manipulation-that is to say, when the steam-valve is openedthe overflow-valve is closed, and when the former is closed the latterwill be opened.

Figure l is a vertical central section of my 5o improvement attached toa combined injector and ejector. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on theline yy in Fig. 1.

As I have not invented any ejector or injector, single or combined, Iwill not give a detailed description of their construction andoperation, but will name the several parts to show how my invention isapplied and operated. Neither do I wish to confine the application of myimprovement to an implement constructed like the one shown in the draw-6o ings, as my invention is equallyapplicable to any such implementwhere the stem of the steam-inlet valve and of the overdow-valve,respectively, project through the wallsof the device at opposite ends orsides thereof.

In the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification, Ais the steam-inlet from the boiler to the chamber B. 'O is a chamberconnecting the water-inlet F, and D a combining-tube, affording the onlycom- '7o fd munication between the chamber C and the conduit E, whichleads to a chamber, F, which incloses the combining-tube G. A steam-jet,

a, admits steam from the chamber B to the lifting portion oftheimplement, and another steam-jet, b, performs a like oftlce to theforcing side of the device, the entrance to the latter-named j et beingcontrolled by the valve O, the stern O of which projects through thewall of the steam-chamber B. A port provided 8o with anautomatieally-operating valve, H, affords communication between thechambers F and I, and the latter communicates with the chamberK by meansof the passages J, and this chamber K communicates with the overflow Nto the atmosphere by means of a port,

N, which is provided with a valve, S, the stem S of which projectsthrough the wall of the device, as shown.

L is a chamber surrounding the delivery- 9o tube H', and hascommunication With the chamber F through the combining-tube G.

Q is an automatically-operating valve controlling a port leading fromthe chamber L to the overflow N. j

P is a chamber or pipeleading to the boiler, and communicates with thechamberL through the delivery-tube H.

This particular form of injector is not my invention, but is theinvention ofJames Jenks, 10o of Detroit, Michigan, and I use it simplyto show an operative device with my improvement attached thereto,although it may be attached to any other construction wherein areemployed a steam and an overflow valve situated with relation to eachother .substantially as above described.

Integral with the shell of the implement, or otherwise attached to it,is an internallythreaded socket, T, independent and distinct from thesteanrpassages of the device, said socket or chamber being adapted toengage With a leading-screw thread on the stem T, which passes throughthe sleeve U of the yoke U, sleeved on such stem and secured thereon insuch manner as to follow the projection or retraction of such stemWithout interfering with its free rotation. One side of this sleeve U/is connected to the projecting end of the stem O' by t-he arm U, extending from one side thereof, so that the position of the valve O upon itsinclosed end will be determined by the projection or retraction ofthestem T. To the arms u, which extend from either side of the sleeve U atright angles to the arm U, are secured the rods WV, which run along thedevice, one on each side, with their ends secured to the projecting endof the stem S.

From this construction it will readily be seen that by a movement of thestem T in either direction a perfect operation of the two valves O and Sis simultaneously attained.

What lI claim as my invention isvalves projecting through the Walls ofthe device, one at either end thereof, said valves being` on the samevertical plane, but each arranged on one side of the center of theother, as shown, the threaded projection T, integral with t-he casing,in combination with the threaded stem T, yoke U, and rOds'W, constructedand arranged substantially as described, by means of which said steamand Waste valves are connected and simultaneously operated in oppositedirections as relates to their respective seats, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

2. In combination with a combined injector and ejector having asteam-valve to control the admission of steam to the jet ofthe ejector,and a waste-valve,fa supplemental screw-stem, T/, arranged at one sideofsaid steam-valve, and yoke U, sleeved on said stem and reciprocatingtherewith, the arm U of which connects directly with said steam-valvestem by means of the rods XV, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

THOMAS JAS. HART.'

Witnesses:

ll. S. SPRAGUE,

CHARLES J. HUNT.

